Sources: NHK
Shortly after withdrawing from the January 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament due to injuries, the 73rd "yokozuna" Terunofuji Haruo announces his retirement. If no other wrestler is promoted this tournament, his retirement leaves sumo without a "yokozuna" for the first time since 1993. Terunofuji also announced his intention to remain in the Japan Sumo Association as an "oyakata". 2025-01-16
Three people are killed and 11 are injured when a gas truck collides with a car in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 2024-01-23
Mongolia reports a record 3,805 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 221,351. 2021-09-2
Mongolian wrestler Terunofuji is officially promoted to "yokozuna", the highest rank in sumo, and is the 73rd wrestler to have done so. 2021-07-21
Mongolia reports a record 2,395 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 83,128. 2021-06-16
Mongolia reports a record 2,188 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the first time the number of daily cases reaches 2,000. It thereby brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 76,084. 2021-06-13
Mongolia reports a record 1,220 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby surpassing 1,000 daily cases for the first time. 2021-04-14
Mongolia reports a record 218 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 5,610. 2021-03-24
Mongolia reports the first domestic case of COVID-19 from a truck driver who infected his wife and two other relatives after three weeks of quarantine. 2020-11-11
The "Mainichi Shimbun" reports that Japan and the United States are planning to build a spent nuclear fuel storage facility in Mongolia. 2011-05-9